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c m y k c m y k THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I FRIDAY I 5 MARCH 2021 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle Vol. 84 No. 63 Established 1938 | 24 PAGES | `6.00 ADANI GOES ON KCR DATA: TS A BUYING SPREE TS draws blank TOPPED HIRING HC blames field staff for IN TELUGU STATES ACROSS INDIA N. VAMSI SRINIVAS I DC in top 15 city list L. VENKAT RAM HYDERABAD, MARCH 4 REDDY I DC illegal buildings in city BALU PULIPAKA I DC HYDERABAD, MARCH 4 The Adani group is on an HYDERABAD, MARCH 4 acquisition spree in the STATE QUESTIONS TRS president and Chief Orders top GHMC officials to act against recalcitrant officials Telugu states and the lat- Hyderabad, considered a Minister K. Chandrash- est target is a stake in the happening city, a hub of CENTRE’S SURVEY ekar Rao has gathered VUJJINI BELLS ARE ringing, city-based electric bus research and a centre for data from various states VAMSHIDHARA I DC errant officials manufacturer Olectra. excellence for the IT indus- METRICS ON HYD on government job cre- HYDERABAD, MARCH 4 KOMATIREDDY PETITIONS CJ OVER The Adani group, which try, has found itself way ation between 2014 and must get made a foray into the fast- down a list of cities that DC CORRESPONDENT 2020 which shows that the Taking note of the role of ready to be growing segment of elec- the Centre has ranked HYDERABAD, MARCH 4 TS Public Service Commi- junior level officials of the SILENCE ON ILLEGAL STRUCTURE axed if they tric vehicles a few years with respect to ease of liv- ssion (TSPSC) tops in fill- GHMC’s town planning DC CORRESPONDENT continue with ago, has set its eyes on ing (EoL). To make mat- Reacting to the survey of a ing up vacancies during section for the first time for HYDERABAD. MARCH 4 the same Olectra Greentech, in ters worse, it also did not department of the Centre, the period. the rampant illegal con- working style. which a majority stake is figure in the top 15 cities in in which Hyderabad does Rao secured the data to structions in the city, the Congress MP Komati- If they do not held by the Megha group. the Centre’s ranking of not find a place in the top nail criticism that the Telangana High Court reddy Venkata Reddy on pick up the thread even Sources told Deccan cities under the municipal rankings, a high ranking TRS government had warned that heads will roll Thursday took to Twitter Chronicle that the Adani performance index (MPI) official in the state govern- failed to recruit staff in at the higher echelons to expose inaction against now, they will face the group will take 10 per for 2020. ment said, “(We are) total- the past six years. down to the field staff if an illegal structure at consequences.” cent equity in Olectra but In the EoL Index, Hyder- ly baffled. We have been The data obtained from any delinquency is noticed Turkayamjal on the city a letter to Chief Justice Chief Justice HIMA KOHLI the deal value is yet to be abad was placed 24th while ranked number one in West Bengal, Odisha, among in curbing illegal outskirts. Hima Kohli seeking her known. it came 17th in the MPI in Mercer’s Quality of Living Chhattisgarh, Haryana, constructions. Apparently taking a cue intervention in the mat- Olectra was launched by the million plus popula- Index in India since 2015 Tamil Nadu and Karna- A division bench of Chief from the Telangana HC’s ter as the authorities con- THE OFFICIALS Goldstone Infratech with tion category of cities. till date for five years in a taka shows that they all Justice Hima Kohli and crackdown against illegal cerned had failed to take threaten persons technical collaboration The rankings for cities, row. For us, not to find lag behind TS in provid- Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy structures, the Nalgonda action. resorting to illegal from the BYD group of divided by their popula- Hyderabad even in the top ing government jobs. said that the court will MP is said to have written ■ Full report on Page 6 China. The name of the tion as less than a million 10 feels weird. We could The data will be used monitor all the recalcitrant constructions company was changed to and more than a million, have understood if we we- during the ongoing MLC officers who are turning a that their Olectra Greentech and its were announced by Hard- re ranked as one of the top election campaign where blind eye to the rampant thread even now, they will hand threaten persons constructions share price closed at eep Singh Puri, minister of three, or even top five.” the entire pitch is revolv- illegal and unauthorised face the consequences.” resorting to illegal con- will be `177.90 on Thursday. state for urban affairs, in ing around job creation. constructions taking place The bench opined that the structions that their con- demolished; On Wednesday, the New Delhi on Thursday. ■ Full report on Page 6 Rao directed his party right under their nose. town planning officers structions will be demol- and on the Adani group announced As many as 111 cities par- leaders to publicise the CJ Kohli told GHMC staff were in connivance with ished; and on the other other hand, the purchase of 31.5 per ticipated in the assess- rankings. Bengaluru was data among all graduate that bells were ringing builders of such buildings. hand, they show them the they show them the way cent stake in Gangava- ment. In addition to the the top performer in the voters during door-to- aloud, and errant officials Justice Vijaysen Reddy, way to approach the lower to approach the lower ram port. Though the population criteria, cities million+ category. door canvassing. must get ready to be axed if during the course of argu- courts and obtain a stay.” Adani group made repeat- under the Smart Cities they continued with the ments, apprised Chief courts and obtain a stay.” ed attempts to get into the Programme of the Centre ■ Page 6: Indore tops list ■ Page 6: TS filled 1.26 lakh same working style. “If Justice Kohli of the facts: ■ Page 6: Give data of illegal Justice VIJAYSEN REDDY most valuable project, it were considered for the of smaller cities jobs in six years they do not pick up the “The officials on the one construction, says HC did not materialise as the promoters, D.V.S. Raju and family, were said to have fixed a higher value, EPFO RETAINS 8.5% FOR TAJ MAHAL VACATED AFTER `10,000 crore. The Adanis realised its dream, however, by buy- PROVIDENT FUND DEPOSITS HOAX BOMB CALL, ONE HELD ing 31.5 per cent stake Chennai: EPFO has retained 8.5 per cent New Delhi/Agra: The Taj Mahal com- from global venture capi- interest rates for EPF deposits for FY20-21 plex in Agra was vacated on Thursday talist Warb-urg Pincus for despite the economic downturn. The morning following a hoax bomb call. The `1,954 crore, bringing Central Board of EPFO in its meeting in caller, identified as Vimal Kumar Singh, down the value of the Srinagar has recommended 8.50 per cent has been detained for questioning. The company to about `5,000 annual rate of interest to be credited on police said Singh called the emergency crore. deposit accounts of more than five crore response number and claimed that a members for the financial year 2020-21. bomb was kept inside the monument. ■ Page 6: Adanis keen on Gangavaram port ■ Full report on Page 11 ■ Full report on Page 7 c m y k c m y k DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 5 MARCH 2021 pg 2 CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 5 MARCH 2021 pg 3 WEATHER Delay hits pedestrians O Lab animals true heroes Max: 35 C Min: 19OC RH: 31% Rainfall: Nil of Covid vaccine battle Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. Maximum/Minimum BALU PULIPAKA | DC ● WHILE THE rats, mice, upkeep and nursing temp. 36/19ºC HYDERABAD, MARCH 4 rabbits and Syrian ham- them back to health is a sters were lab-bred, the hard task. Since these ani- First there were the mice, rhesus macaques that mals are bred for the and some rats. 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